‘Facebook’s wrongdoing’: Why has Meta been fined $25bn in New Mexico?
- The tech giant has been accused of misleading users regarding data privacy linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- A judge in New Mexico has ordered Meta Platforms to pay the US state $25bn after a court found the company intentionally misled consumers about the privacy of their data.
- “Facebook’s wrongdoing – over the course of years and systematically broadcast to the public – goes to the heart of Facebook’s core business practices,” Judge Francis Mathew wrote in his order, which came more than three weeks after the verdict.
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- The tech giant has been accused of misleading users regarding data privacy linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- A judge in New Mexico has ordered Meta Platforms to pay the US state $25bn after a court found the company intentionally misled consumers about the privacy of their data.
- “Facebook’s wrongdoing – over the course of years and systematically broadcast to the public – goes to the heart of Facebook’s core business practices,” Judge Francis Mathew wrote in his order, which came more than three weeks after the verdict.
Sources: Al Jazeera